Tips For Getting The Most From Your Visit To Yellowstone

With
more than 3 million visitors each year, Yellowstone is a very popular tourist
destination. Most of these visits happen between the months of May and
September, but people do come to the park year-round. Here
are some hints for the easiest ways to get there by air and suggestions for
where to stay.

Getting There:
Of the five approaches into Yellowstone, the three most efficient and popular
ways to get there from New England are:

1. Fly
to Jackson, Wyoming, then drive north through Grand Teton National Park, which
abuts Yellowstone. See both parks in one trip.

2. Fly
to Bozeman, Montana, then drive south on Highway 191, the “geyser route” to Old
Faithful.

Where to Stay: Many
visitors RV camp or tent camp at one of Yellowstone’s five campgrounds. There
are also nine historic lodges and cabin clusters in the park, including the
Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, Lake Lodge by Yellowstone Lake, and Old Faithful
Inn. www.yellowstonenationalparklodges.com

For
hotels and restaurants just outside Yellowstone, consider staying in Gardiner,
Montana, just beyond the landmark Roosevelt Arch at the northwestern entrance
to the park. Gardiner has the widest selection of hotels and motels of the five
entrances to the park. It is also the only entrance open year-round to wheeled
vehicles. www.gardinerchamber.com

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